25 Years Ago This Week

Sid Long and his wife Evelyn are entertaining two of Sid’s friends he met during WWII. Long and friends Nick Bausano and Carl Vanek were fellow combat MP’s in WW II. The three men and their wives have had several reunions over the years, one as far away as Australia, but this is the first time the men have visited Long at his farm in Lovington.

After a 14 year reign, Miss Lovington 1979 Penny Nicol Hood will relinquish her crown. Hood of Mt. Zion will bestow her crown on the new Miss Lovington 1993 during the JuneFest Celebration coming up June 25.

Former Sullivan resident Curt Handley graduated cum laude from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. Handley is a 1982 graduate of SHS and the son of William and Fran Handley of Sullivan. He is currently employed as a patent attorney in Lansing.

Three Sullivan area students have been named to the Dean’s List at Illinois State University for the spring semester. They include Megan E. Cooper, Deborah A. Florini and Susan K. Grose.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.